Oohh, there is much hippo happiness in the Craft Lounge.
About a week ago, Dragon the Hippo was in the kitchen rummaging in the pantry for his favorite hot sauce when a cute little purple dragon flew in through an open window to escape the cold outside.
In surprise, Dragon exclaimed "Sriracha!" and the name seems to have stuck.
Sriracha is a very young dragon and quite small - she's only about 6" tall, but with a cute pot belly and some fun features. I particularly like her flag-like ears and wings, as well as the bobble spines down her back and tail.
She was very easy to knit up from Susan B Anderson's Little Dragon pattern. Like her hippo friend, Sriracha was knit on size 5 dpns using sock yarn held double. The only change I made to the rather clever pattern was that I left her arms free instead of connecting them at the fingers. I think it gives her happier body language, if you know what I mean. Dragons are actually rather playful and loyal creatures, like puppies.
Phin picked out the yarn for Sriracha solely based on color and ended up with Toshsock in the Vishnu colorway. Seriously, my man likes the good stuff. But truly it is a beautiful, rich, dragony color and knit up beautifully with nice dense stitches. Like socks, you kind of want your stuffies to be densely stitched so that the stuffing and polypellets can't escape or show through.
Anyway, excitement continues to run high as Dragon teaches Sriracha "all of the important things to know about dragons."
Like Game of Thrones...
And dragon care and training and the great fires set by dragons throughout the ages. Sriracha says that fiddling attracts dragons. Even Milkshake the Cow has gotten in on it, reminding them that cows have been responsible for their fair share of fires, too.
Anyway, it is all fun and games in the Craft Lounge.
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| Meet Sriracha, who shares Dragon's enthusiasm for photobombing |
About a week ago, Dragon the Hippo was in the kitchen rummaging in the pantry for his favorite hot sauce when a cute little purple dragon flew in through an open window to escape the cold outside.
In surprise, Dragon exclaimed "Sriracha!" and the name seems to have stuck.
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| Isn't she a cutie? |
Sriracha is a very young dragon and quite small - she's only about 6" tall, but with a cute pot belly and some fun features. I particularly like her flag-like ears and wings, as well as the bobble spines down her back and tail.
She was very easy to knit up from Susan B Anderson's Little Dragon pattern. Like her hippo friend, Sriracha was knit on size 5 dpns using sock yarn held double. The only change I made to the rather clever pattern was that I left her arms free instead of connecting them at the fingers. I think it gives her happier body language, if you know what I mean. Dragons are actually rather playful and loyal creatures, like puppies.
Phin picked out the yarn for Sriracha solely based on color and ended up with Toshsock in the Vishnu colorway. Seriously, my man likes the good stuff. But truly it is a beautiful, rich, dragony color and knit up beautifully with nice dense stitches. Like socks, you kind of want your stuffies to be densely stitched so that the stuffing and polypellets can't escape or show through.
Anyway, excitement continues to run high as Dragon teaches Sriracha "all of the important things to know about dragons."
Like Game of Thrones...
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| Where is Daenerys and her dragons? |
And dragon care and training and the great fires set by dragons throughout the ages. Sriracha says that fiddling attracts dragons. Even Milkshake the Cow has gotten in on it, reminding them that cows have been responsible for their fair share of fires, too.
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| Dragon the Hippo, Sriracha the Dragon and Milkshake the Cow |
Anyway, it is all fun and games in the Craft Lounge.
So, so cute!!
ReplyDeleteCute cute cute!!! (especially that last pic- little shoulder-dragon)
ReplyDeleteadorable!
and Sriracha is the perfect name. Perhaps the next one'll be named Cholula?
ReplyDeleteCholula was Phin's runner up name!! Yeah, that last picture just had to be posted.
ReplyDeleteThese are so adorable.
ReplyDeleteFun fact: put sriracha on top of mac n' cheese with peas and you have a pretty palatable dinner! Love the dragon. So cute.
ReplyDeleteSo stinkin' cute. She came out adorable.
ReplyDeleteThat's exactly what Dragon the Hippo was eating when Sriracha arrived!
ReplyDeleteThanks, al!
ReplyDeleteVery cute! and impressively made. I could not make him myself.
ReplyDeleteI love these little knitted dudes! They're so fun!
ReplyDeleteI always love these posts!!!
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